Car replacer



Aug. 12, 1924; 1,504, 59

J. A. VEAZEY CAR REPLACER Filed Dec. 4;, 1923 Patented Aug. 12, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT orFncs.

JOHN A. VEAZEY, 0F YOUNG-STOVTN, OHIO.

To all whom it may conccm:

Be it known that I, JOHN CAR REPLACER.

Application filed December 4, 1923.

A. VEAZEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning an d State of ()hio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Replacers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

" and a few number of parts which may be readily placed in position when required for service and easily removed after the derailed car has been replaced upon the track.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

While the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings formlng a part of the appllcation:

Figure 1 1s a top plan view of a car replacer embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a side view thereof, Figure 3 1s a transverse sectlon on the line 33 of Figure 1, looking 1n the direction of the arrows,

Figure 4 1s a sectional 4- 1 of Figure 1 Figure 5 is a sectional detail on the line and detail view on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The device comprises a frog 1 having a longitudinal channel 2 in its underside to receive a rail 3 of the track and formed upon one side with a tapering extension t having a rib 5 upon its top side. The rib 5 is approximately of inverted V form and the sloping side faces operate to engage the flange of a car wheel and urge the same laterally as the car is moved forwardly,

thereby insuring upon the track.

extending over the rail.

Serial No. 678,486.

formed in the upper side of the frog 1 is adapted to receive the flange of the car wheel after the same clears that part of the frog The outer rear end of the tapering extension A is approxi mately of circular form and separated from the frog whereby to provide for the recep tion of a tapering extension 7 of a pivoted wing 8. The outer or rear end of the wing 8 may be adjusted to a greater or less dis tance from the rail 3 according to the positiop of the car wheel to be replaced upon the rai The front or pivot end of the wing 8 is likewise of circular form and underlaps the rear end of the lateral extension 1 and is pivoted thereto by means of a stud 9 preferably formed with the frog and received in an opening formed in the upper portion of the wingv 8. The pivot stud 9 is formed in a side with a recess to receive an end of a latch lever 10 pivoted within the forward portion of the wing 8, thereby holding the latter to the frog. The wing 8 is hollow, as indicated most clearly in Figures 3 and i, and its top slopes from front to rear, as indicated most clearly in Figure 2, whereby to facilitate the mounting of a car wheel thereon as the same is advanced by the forward movement of the car. Ribs 11 or analogous projections formed upon the lower side of the wing 8, bite into the roadbed and materially assist in preventing displacement of the device when operating to replace a car upon the rail. A longitudinally disposed rib 12 along the inner edge of the wing 8 is adapted to engage the flange of a car wheel and assist materially in retaining the same upon the wing when mounting the same. When the car wheel clears the wing 8 and engages the tapering extension 41: of the frog, the rib 5 thereof operates to move the wheel laterally towards the rail 3 upon which it is replaced when clearing the frog 1. A set screw 13 threaded into a depending portion of the frog is adapted to engage the rail below the head thereof and hold the frog in the. required adjusted position.

What is claimed is:

1. A car replacer comprising a frog having a rail receiving channel in its lower side and a flange receiving groove in its top side adjacent its outer edge, and having a laterally disposed extension tapering throughout its length and provided upon its upper side with a replacing rib of approximately inverted V-form, and a replacing Wing pivoted to the rear end of said lateral extension and having a replacing rib upon its upper side adjacent its inner edge. r 7 2. A car replacer comprising a frog having a lateral extension and a depending pivot stud a replacing wing having its forward portion underlapping the rear end of said lateral extension and formed in its up .per partwith an opening to receive.- said pivot stud, and a latch member disposed within said wing and adapted to engage the pivot stud and hold the wing to the frog.

3. A car replacer comprising a frog hav ing'a rail receiving channel in its underside and a flange'receiving groove in its top side adjacent an edge thereof and having a laterally. disposed extension tapering throughout its length and provided upon its top side with a replacing rib of approximately inverted V-forni, the rear portion of said lateral extension being separated from the frog and having a pivot stud depending therefrom, a hollow replacing wing underlapping the rear portion of the lateral extension of the frog and receiving the pivot stud and provided along its top side adjacent its inner edge with a rib having a tapering extension at its forward end to enter the space formed between the frog and the rear portion of the tapering lateral extension thereof, and a latch member within the forward portion of the wing adapted to engage the said pivot stud and retain the wing in place.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. VEAZEY. Vii tnesses R. B 131113, R. S. LAMOND. 

